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Bebop Major scale

Barry Harris built much of his teaching on this scale, a major scale with a passing tone inserted between the fifth and the sixth.

Used for
Bebop solos over major chords.
Formula
StepsW W H W H H W H
Semitones2-2-1-2-1-1-2-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7
Also called
Major Sixth Diminished and Major Bebop.

Bebop Major in all 12 keys

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